practical
practical is a 9-letter English word with 8 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Of or pertaining to practice or action. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- adjective. Of or pertaining to practice or action.
- adjective. Capable of being turned to use or account; useful, in distinction from ideal or theoretical; as, practical chemistry.
- adjective. Evincing practice or skill; capable of applying knowledge to some useful end; as, a practical man; a practical mind.
- adjective. Derived from practice; as, practical skill.
- adjective. having or put to a practical purpose or use
"practical mathematics"
"practical applications of calculus"
- adjective. concerned with actual use or practice
"he is a very practical person"
"the idea had no practical application"
- adjective. guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory
"a hardheaded appraisal of our position"
"a hard-nosed labor leader"
- adjective. being actually such in almost every respect
"a practical failure"
"the once elegant temple lay in virtual ruin"
Synonyms
hardheaded, pragmatic, virtual
Common word forms
practically, practicality, practicalize, practicalness
Words from these letters
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